AA End of Regular Season Rankings and Section Preview, 2011

hockeyjunkie2 · Post by **hockeyjunkie2** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:57 pm

Thanks for all the work all year Karl!

BringBackTheBraves11 · Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:08 pm

I can't help but think part of the reason jefferson was ranked over AHA to avoid an Edina-Jefferson semifinal, where one of them would end up with a home game. Probably not a huge factor, but I gotta think it played a role.

Post by **karl(east)** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:31 pm

PuckU126 wrote:
karl(east) wrote:I've edited in the real seedings for sections 2, 3, and 6, and got the 8AA play-in recorded. No surprises of any magnitude in the section seedings that have come out so far.

starmvp wrote:So very curious here as well... What do you guys think of the section seedings so far?
ER is high mostly because they have a lot of narrow losses to a lot of very good teams. They also beat a pretty good Osseo team in the last week of the season, and just about everyone else who was in the 20-25 range last week lost or had some sort of bad result. They're steady and capable of an upset if they play well.
I can see that. I guess I am just more baffled by AHA rank. Although they have some bad losses; they do have several quality wins.

The comment in the intro in which I said "these are what I think the seedings will be, not what they should be" was in direct reference to AHA. The seeding committee hit AHA hard last year when they struggled some down the stretch, even though they'd tied Edina in their only 2AA team. This year they struggled even more down the stretch, so there wasn't much surprise there.

AHA is difficult to read this year--they just about always seem to play to the level of their competition. Curious to see how that game with Prior Lake goes...

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:34 pm

I'm also very curious to see how they do against Prior Lake. Especially after losing to Chaska and tying New Prague

Post by **karl(east)** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:56 pm

All the seeds are in and all edits have been made; this is now the final edition.

A couple minor differences between my seedings and the end result, but nothing I'd spend much of any time arguing about. It's good that we don't have any of the drama we've had in the past. Enjoy!

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:57 pm

karl(east) wrote:All the seeds are in and all edits have been made; this is now the final edition.

A couple minor differences between my seedings and the end result, but nothing I'd spend much of any time arguing about. It's good that we don't have any of the drama we've had in the past. Enjoy!

Drama... here? No way!

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:00 pm

Thanks again Karl.

HappyHockeyFan · Post by **HappyHockeyFan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:15 pm

Hey Karl, nice job, thanks for the effort, I really enjoy reading your rankings all season. Just wanted to point out that Eagan beat AV the first time and Tied them the second time. I guess we will see in about a week and half if they got what it takes when it means the most..cant wait !!

northwoods oldtimer · Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:44 pm

HappyHockeyFan wrote:Hey Karl, nice job, thanks for the effort, I really enjoy reading your rankings all season. Just wanted to point out that Eagan beat AV the first time and Tied them the second time. I guess we will see in about a week and half if they got what it takes when it means the most..cant wait !!

Good fortune smiles on you Happy Gilmore since Eagan does not have to play the Jags in sections.

Stateofpuck09 · Post by **Stateofpuck09** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:32 am

Thanks Karl, your work is underestimated to say the least!

HappyHockeyFan · Post by **HappyHockeyFan** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:12 pm

northwoods oldtimer wrote:
HappyHockeyFan wrote:Hey Karl, nice job, thanks for the effort, I really enjoy reading your rankings all season. Just wanted to point out that Eagan beat AV the first time and Tied them the second time. I guess we will see in about a week and half if they got what it takes when it means the most..cant wait !!
Good fortune smiles on you Happy Gilmore since Eagan does not have to play the Jags in sections.

Or Burnsville for that matter...lol

Listen2me · Post by **Listen2me** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:38 pm

Jags finish 14-8-3 and are #3 seed. Two loses to EP and loss & tie with Burnsville.
AHA finish 16-8-1 and get #4 seed. Wins over EP. Burnsville, not to mention
Cretin ( ask Edina about Cretin) and handed Blake one of their 3 losses, 7-0.
Forget AHA being worthy of # 3 seed Im thinking #2 seed. Get your butts out of Braemar and BIG and watch some hockey outside the big 3.

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:54 pm

Listen2me wrote:Jags finish 14-8-3 and are #3 seed. Two loses to EP and loss & tie with Burnsville.
AHA finish 16-8-1 and get #4 seed. Wins over EP. Burnsville, not to mention
Cretin ( ask Edina about Cretin) and handed Blake one of their 3 losses, 7-0.
Forget AHA being worthy of # 3 seed Im thinking #2 seed. Get your butts out of Braemar and BIG and watch some hockey outside the big 3.

crosscheck20 · Post by **crosscheck20** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:29 pm

Good Job Karl! Agree with everything!

blueblood · Post by **blueblood** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:46 pm

LOSS to Chaska destroyed their section seeding...

Stateofpuck09 · Post by **Stateofpuck09** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:10 pm

Jefferson only played EP once, get the facts right before you start complaining

Doglover · Post by **Doglover** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:41 am

Appreciate all your work this winter karl. Always looked forward to your rankings and admire all the thought and analysis that went into it. You have a very loyal following. End of the season should be very fun this year.

The Best in the Bizz3 · Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:52 pm

Stateofpuck09 wrote:Jefferson only played EP once, get the facts right before you start complaining

ya and they lost 8-1

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:57 pm

The Best in the Bizz3 wrote:
Stateofpuck09 wrote:Jefferson only played EP once, get the facts right before you start complaining
ya and they lost 8-1

mn man · Post by **mn man** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:01 pm

The Best in the Bizz3 wrote:
Stateofpuck09 wrote:Jefferson only played EP once, get the facts right before you start complaining
ya and they lost 8-1

To be fair, Jefferson was missing some of their top guys for that meeting.

Stateofpuck09 · Post by **Stateofpuck09** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:01 pm

True, (not to make excuses) BUT they were missing three players due to suspensions

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:03 pm

mn man wrote:
The Best in the Bizz3 wrote:
Stateofpuck09 wrote:Jefferson only played EP once, get the facts right before you start complaining
ya and they lost 8-1
To be fair, Jefferson was missing some of their top guys for that meeting.

"Bad excuses are worse than none."

Listen2me · Post by **Listen2me** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:24 pm

starmvp wrote:
mn man wrote:
The Best in the Bizz3 wrote: ya and they lost 8-1
To be fair, Jefferson was missing some of their top guys for that meeting.
"Bad excuses are worse than none."

To be fair, AHA was without 3 starters vs. Chaska. 2 forwards & starting goalie for third game in three nights. Also without #1, #2 D for third period in one goal loss to Edina. It really doesn't matter I guess, if you want to get to St. Paul you gotta win em all anyways.

Zamman · Post by **Zamman** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:00 pm

Listen2me wrote:Jags finish 14-8-3 and are #3 seed. Two loses to EP and loss & tie with Burnsville.
AHA finish 16-8-1 and get #4 seed. Wins over EP. Burnsville, not to mention
Cretin ( ask Edina about Cretin) and handed Blake one of their 3 losses, 7-0.
Forget AHA being worthy of # 3 seed Im thinking #2 seed. Get your butts out of Braemar and BIG and watch some hockey outside the big 3.

In defense of AHA I will put in my opinion. Does not matter, because there are politics involved in these seedings also. Yes AHA did not "destroy" the teams in the conference but, with the exception of Chaska and Chanhassen, these teams have been beat up by AHA for 10 years and I am sure are kind of tired of it. The goalies all played great against them and the rest of the teams kept gunning and are IMPROVING. AHA will find it harder to win all their games because they do not get all the top players from the south and west anymore. Kids are playing at BSM, HF and others. Money is tight and it costs money to go to AHA.

I am kind of upset at the seeding, but you need to play Edina to get anywhere.
My prediction will be AHA pulls the Edina upset and will end up playing Jefferson in the final. Crazy huh? I just got back from New Orleans......

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:26 pm

Zamman wrote:My prediction will be AHA pulls the Edina upset and will end up playing Jefferson in the final. Crazy huh? I just got back from New Orleans......

Not crazy compared to New Orleans

but still a little crazy now that Everson will probably play.

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article ... r_id=32770

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